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The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto

by Pico Iyer

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Manel said: " Pico Iyer is one of my favorite travel writers. He has a keen eye for culture and all the ways that it is manifested as a society and by individuals. This book is about his time in Kyoto mostly, studying and practicing meditation. It's a tale of fore ...more "

Sep 23, 2008 10:56AM · see review

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An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine

by Lewis H. Lapham

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Manel said: " Amazing articles from their magazine starting from the late 1800's. Mark Twain's Adam's Diary and Eve's Diary is poignant and hilarious. There are articles by such diverse authors as FDR, Sylvia Plath, James Joyce and Pico Iyer. ...more "

Jan 13, 2008 02:25PM · see review